A summarized description of the temples of village Gods of Tamil Nadu and those deities who rule the minds of the simple people living there by P.R.Ramachander

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Veeramakali temple of Perambur

Veeramakali temple
of Perambur

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

Perambur is a village
in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu
which has the very famous Veeramakali
temple .There is a very
interesting legend about this temple. It seems several thousands of years ago,
this village was terrorized by a spirit called CHemmuni , which used to
like to eat Human flesh. When it started attacking mindlessly, the village people
made an agreement with the spirit that
daily one of the villagers would
go to him as food. A roster was drawn up in the village for this. One day
a widowed lady with only one son
had to send him as food to Chemmuni. She got agitated and requested Veeramahamuni , a folk god who lived in Veerappoor mountain to save her son. Veeramamuni took a
very mega form and with his feet stamped on the head of
CHemmuni and pressed him. CHemmuni was
buried in the earth. Though Chemmuni
requested d for pardon, Veeramamuni destroyed him completely and then summoned his sister Kali and requested her to merge with the Kali of Perambur which was
worshipped by the cultivators there. She became Veeramakali and was made as
the Guardian Goddess of the village of Perambur.

People of the village believe that She prevents all evil spirits from entering
the village. They also believe that sick people , if they are brought to the temple get cured..If anything is stolen
from the village they pray that
they would give one fourth of the cost of the lost article and the Goddess recovers
it for them. This village is 22 km from the town of Trichy.